All the clan leaders' eyes were burning with excitement, and someone immediately started bidding: "I'll bid 110."
"120."
"150."
"200."
"I don't have enough spirit stones, but ten years ago, when I was traveling in the Kyushu Continent, I was fortunate enough to collect a Spirit Blood Ginseng that is over a hundred years old. Please, Lord City Lord, estimate its value."
Murong Danqing took the Spirit Blood Ginseng and said, "Sect Master Liu is truly lucky. The Spirit Blood Ginseng can be used as the main ingredient in the Soul Condensing Pill, which can rapidly improve one's cultivation during the Foundation Establishment Period. This is truly a priceless and rare ingredient. Are you really willing to bid for it at a discounted price?"
Sect Master Liu said, "The Spirit Blood Ginseng is indeed priceless, but the Spirit Spring Treasure is even more valuable, so I am willing to bid at a discount."
Murong Danqing nodded and said, "The hundred-year-old Spirit Blood Ginseng can be discounted to three hundred Spirit Stones. Is Sect Master Liu satisfied?"
Rare materials are in short supply, and if they were sold individually, Sect Master Liu would not be satisfied. However, in order to bid for the spiritual spring, he could only nod and say, "My Lord City Lord is fair, and I am satisfied."
Murong Danqing said, "So, the bidding price for the Spiritual Spring has risen to 300 Spiritual Stones. Is there anyone who wants to continue bidding?"
Three hundred spirit stones is a sky-high price, and ordinary sect leaders cannot afford it. However, some sects have considerable resources, which are not much less than that of Sect Leader Liu.
"Sect Master Liu's Spiritual Blood Ginseng is priceless, and my Jade Ganoderma is not bad either. Please give me an estimate, Lord City Lord."
Murong Danqing took the Jade Ganoderma and said in surprise, "This is a two-hundred-year-old Jade Ganoderma. It can also be used as the main ingredient for the Mind-Concentrating Pill. It's estimated to be worth four hundred spirit stones."
Someone else said, "Spirit Blood Ginseng and Jade Ganoderma are nothing. I have a bottle of ready-made Spirit Concentration Pills that my ancestors left me. Unfortunately, I haven't entered the Foundation Establishment stage yet, so I dare not take it. It's better to exchange it for Spirit Spring."
Murong Danqing chuckled and said, "Rare materials of the same level as Spirit Blood Ginseng and Jade Ganoderma have never appeared in previous auctions. Today, the bidding for the Spirit Spring directly produced the Soul-Concentrating Pill. I don't think even the auction in Prince City can have such a grand occasion."
After sighing for a moment, he continued, "The market price of a Mind-Concentrating Pill is 500. Is there anyone who can offer a higher price?"
Chen Dabing asked quietly from below, "The Concentrated Mind Pill is so expensive, are there not many alchemists?"
Fairy Nishang said, "There's no shortage of alchemists. Ting'er is a genius at alchemy. It's just that the materials are very scarce. Materials like Spirit Blood Ginseng and Jade Fungus are only found in the inland areas of Jiuzhou Continent. We don't have them in the barren lands of Piaomiao City."
At the auction over there, the bidding for the spiritual spring was settled at 800 spiritual stones. It was Sect Master Liu who won the bid by using his spiritual blood to bid 500 spiritual stones. The main reason was that others could not come up with more spiritual stones or rare materials, otherwise the price would have gone up further.
"Congratulations, Sect Master Liu! The Qingliu Sect will soon have another Foundation Establishment expert."
Sect Master Liu bowed and said, "I'm happy for you. No matter how many foundation-building masters there are in the Qingliu Sect, they all serve the City Lord."
"Hehehe!" A voice rang out from somewhere. "Murong Danqing took the position of City Lord from the Qingliu Sect. Now that the Qingliu Sect is so powerful, don't they want to take the position back?"
Sect Leader Liu's expression changed, and he shouted, "Who is trying to sow discord? My Qingliu Sect is loyal to the City Lord and has no second thoughts."
"Hehehe!" the voice continued, "You have absolutely no second thoughts? Sect Master Liu has spent the past few years working tirelessly, spending vast sums of money to befriend the various sect masters, all for the sole purpose of one day reclaiming the position of City Lord. So, how could Murong Danqing possibly allow your Qingliu Sect to add another Foundation Establishment expert? Wouldn't that be digging your own grave? Hahaha!"
Sect Leader Liu's expression was extremely grim. He stared at Murong Danqing and said, "Lord City Lord, today is not a good time for you to attack my Qingliu Sect! All the sect leaders present here have witnessed you slaughtering your colleagues. I'm afraid they will never submit to you again."
"Hahaha!" the voice said, "If you don't submit, then kill them all. The Sect Master is just in charge of the spirit mine. Anyone can manage it."
"Hahaha!" Sect Master Liu laughed, "Murong Danqing, you're too cocky! Yes, your cultivation is the highest, and that's why everyone respects you as the city lord. But if you want to be an enemy of all the sects with your strength, you're like an old man who's tired of living."
"Hehehe!" the voice said, "I wonder if you've ever heard of a peerless formation, the Soul Locking Formation. Human cultivators trapped within it are unable to gather spiritual energy."
"Oops, I can't gather my spiritual power."
"I can't gather spiritual energy either. It's really a soul-locking formation. It's extremely vicious."
Soon someone tried it, and indeed, he was unable to condense spiritual power. As an immortal cultivator, if he could not condense spiritual power, he could not use magic, and was no different from an ordinary person.
Murong Danqing, the city lord, also had a grim expression on his face. He shouted at the ceiling, "Blood Shadow, I've been very kind to you, yet you actually betrayed me and opened the Soul Locking Array without authorization."
"Hehehe!" the voice said, "My Lord City Lord, don't blame me for acting first and asking for your permission later. Money is truly the key to success! So many rare materials appeared at the auction today. Each sect leader has at least hundreds of spirit stones on him. If you miss this opportunity, you will regret it for the rest of your life."
Murong Danqing sighed and said, "Forget it, forget it. Since we've already started, we must not leave any of them alive. We can't let the news leak out, or Piaomiao City will be severely damaged."
The faces of the sect leaders all changed drastically. They were just watching the fun with a bystander attitude before, but now the situation has taken a sudden turn and they have been affected as well?
"Lord City Lord, what do you mean by that? Our sect will not interfere in the conflict between you and the Qingliu Sect. If you need us, our sect will help you destroy the Qingliu Sect."
"Fool, can't you see it now? Murong Danqing and the old monster Xueying were once robbers, and now they are back to their old ways and attacking all of us."
"Today's auction, we all brought all our resources for the Lingquan treasure. Murong Danqing really knows how to choose the right time."
"So what if he can choose the right time? Murong Danqing can't gather his spiritual power either. We are outnumbered, so let's capture him first."
“Hehehe!”
The old monster Blood Shadow, who had been shouting from a distance, showed up, followed by a team of sturdy soldiers who surrounded the leaders of various sects and their disciples.
These soldiers had no spiritual power, but each one was sturdy and strong, with bulging muscles. A sharp-eyed sect leader said, "They are all martial arts soldiers among mortals. Their strength is not restricted by the Soul Locking Formation."
Mortal martial arts soldiers are nothing but ants in the eyes of immortal cultivators. No matter how strong their martial arts are, they cannot defeat a spell. However, within the soul-locking formation, the immortal cultivators' spiritual power is limited, and their strength may not be stronger than that of martial arts soldiers. This is because mortal soldiers train their bodies and hone their close combat skills, while immortal cultivators are good at magic and controlling flying swords for long-range attacks.
A sect leader shouted, "All sect disciples, listen up! Form yourselves into formation and rush out of the City Lord's Mansion. As long as you leave the range of the Soul Locking Formation, you will be safe."
"Hehehe!" The old monster Xueying laughed strangely, "I advise you not to waste your energy. Want to fight your way out of the City Lord's Mansion? First see how many martial arts soldiers there are."
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